October  

The political crisis in the country began when Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and named former President Mahinda Rajapakse as the premier on October 26. However, Wickremesinghe has refused to leave the official residence

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi reacted after BJP national president Amit Shah on October 10 vowed to rid Hyderabad from the holds of Asaduddin Owaisi’s party if the BJP is voted to power in Telangana.

Political turmoil in the island nation was triggered late on October 26 when Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena appointed his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister. It was opposed by Ranil Wickremesinghe, who insists he's still in charge. The two are now set to face off in parliament in a confidence vote.

Following the attack on the leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on October 25, Venugopal, Vizag airport’s chief security officer, has been transferred

Andre Russell last featured in the Afghanistan Premier League representing Nangarhar Leopards on October 9 but was not named in the ODI squad with the Windies Cricket ruling him out due to injury.

The BJP released its second list of 28 candidates on Friday. BJP, which is going it alone in the elections to the 119-member assembly, earlier released its first list of 38 candidates on October 20.
 

Madras high court advocates burst crackers against Supreme Court order of the ban on manufacture, sale and possession of firecrackers across the country with certain conditions.

D Satyanarayana of Shiva Sai temple at Pochamma Maidan, was allegedly attacked on October 26 by Natiq Hussaini of LB Nagar, Hyderabad.

 The Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 53.1 last month from 52.2 in September, its highest since June

In October, India introduced a second set of tariff hikes owing to burgeoning current account deficit and the fall in the rupee. 

The October GST revenues were 6.64% more than the September collection when the government collected Rs 94,442 crore

Fire broke out at around 7 PM in Family Plastics on October 31. People in Thiruvananthapuram were panic-stricken as the warehouse contained inflammable raw materials, including petroleum products.